The Tuscan starts uphill in Marrakesh, then seems to dominate before collapsing in the quarterfinals with the Frenchman Muller (126 Atp). At Estoril, the Palermitan hits the semifinal where he will find the Serbian Kecmanovic
The crisis of Lorenzo Musetti continues. The Tuscan also in Marrakesh, Atp 250 in Morocco, fails to win two games in a row in a tournament and thus surrenders to the certainly not irresistible Frenchman Alexandre Muller, number 126 in the world. The 21-year-old tennis player from Carrara, n.21 Atp and first seeded, surrendered 6-3 1-6 6-4 to the transalpine, in his first semifinal in the major circuit in his career, in a match that frankly at a certain point looked widely in the hands in the blue.
the decline of noses
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After a first set played between ups and downs (perhaps also due to a slight thigh injury), and in the end lost to Muller, the turning point seemed to come in the second set, when Lorenzo (after saving four break points) took the chair and delighted everyone with his gorgeous shots. The Frenchman now seemed at the mercy of Musetti, unable to resist the blows of a recovered Lorenzo, and the story seemed to go on also in the third, where the Tuscan had moved forward by a break and even with the ball for the double break on the 3- 1 in his favor. After that, the blackout. Inexplicable. Muller with aggressive tennis, yes, but “normal”, orderly, managed to come back and finally get the better of a passive Musetti who was almost resigned to defeat. For coach Tartarini there is really a lot, a lot to work to restore confidence in this indisputable talent. In the semifinals in Marrakesh also Roberto Carballes Baena, who eliminated the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor 6-3 2-6 6-2: the Spaniard will fight for a place in the final with the British Daniel Evans, who eliminated the our Andrea Vavassori in two sets (6-3 7-5): the 27-year-old blue was back from yesterday’s marathon against Munar, which lasted over 3 hours.
sniped ole
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Great, great victory for Marco Cecchinato, who flew to the semifinals at Estoril (ATP 250). In the quarterfinals, the 30-year-old from Palermo n. 96 in the international ranking but former top 20 and semifinalist at Roland Garros 2018, he beat the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5 7-6 in over two hours of play. Cecchinato, who had not reached an ATP semi-final since 2021 when he succeeded in Parma, will have to deal with the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.
April 7 – 20:09
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